From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKfVt-0003SG-AI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:28:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEC5AE0603; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A940CE0603 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:22 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvYEAOs8g0hFxIW5/2dsb2JhbACBWqtpgXo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,219,1215403200"; d="scan'208";a="24568695" Received: from 69-196-133-185.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.133.185]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 20 Jul 2008 16:27:22 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:27:28 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:27:28 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Screen-saver annoyance after recent update Message-ID: <20080720202728.GA3565@waltdnes.org> References: <20080719191813.GC12486@waltdnes.org> <200807192208.04067.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <20080719211235.GA32715@waltdnes.org> <200807200008.45613.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200807200008.45613.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: c676d14c-65c6-4de2-b00f-c3e0fe95b309 X-Archives-Hash: f7601a37a57c28682ec6a8f9d328b46b On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:08:45AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > On Samstag, 19. Juli 2008, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:08:03PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > > > > > How about: not using screensavers at all? > > > > Now for a stupid-sounding question... what is the screensaver called? > > A "ps -ef" doesn't show any process with "screen" in the name. Man x > > and man xorg don't help. I'm running blackbox, so I don't have a > > gazillion settings widgets (nothing helpful in man blackbox). How can I > > find what program is blanking the screen? Once I do that, I can either > > set parameters or disable it. > > so you are not using a screensaver but dpms screen blanking? > > xset --help > > will answer your question. xset doesn't recognize "--help" as an option. And the "usage" stuff is sent to stderr instead of stdout. So I used my "magic less" command. The command is... xset {any illegal parameter} > /dev/stdout 2>&1 | less" "xset q" shows the following relevant info (much snippage)... ================================================ Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 600 cycle: 600 DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On =============================================== One additional bit of info. If I let the system sit until the monitor goes into DPMS standby (backlight is off) I can recover by hitting any key. It's the "software screensaver" that seems to be the problem. A bit of experimentation reveals that I can't directly invoke "dpms off" from an "on" state. Instead, I have to walk the monitor through the series like so... #!/bin/bash sleep 3; xset dpms force standby; sleep 3; xset dpms force suspend; sleep 3; xset dpms force off So here's my plan. In ~/.xinitrc I'll include the statements... xset s off xset dpms 360 365 370 This will turn off the "software screensaver" and turn off the monitor via dpms after 6 minutes of inactivity. -- Walter Dnes